Boston, Oct. 18, 1852
G. P. Putnam & Co.,
Gentlemen:
I received a few
days since the circular which you did me the honour
to send, soliciting my hand to the new Magazine
which you have in purpose to establish.  I have long
thought that the national metropolis ought by
all means to furnish the nation with a
standard literary organ.  Towards such a mark
I can do but little, at least for the present; and
what little I can do will be, I fear, of little worth:
however, such and so much aid as I can render
shall be forthcoming, provided the editorial
management be such as my infirmities will
suffer me to work smoothly with.  So far as I can
judge of your plan, it seems a good one.  Mr. Irving
and Mr. Bryant are good men, none better, both for
counsel and for execution.
Very truly yours [ ?]
H. N. Hudson.